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Q3 1966: The first has a cover shot of G&D #25 and a G&D boxcar on a
layout that is NOT the G&D, and inside a contest is announced to identify
the layout.

Q4 1966: The next is a results of the contest; it is
Cliff Robinson’s Marquette Union Terminal.

Q2 1967: The last is a page of “Pike Ads” that could be run for a donation of
$2 a year. The MUT, the ALP, and the G&D are listed, as well as the Pecan
Valley RR, of which a box car shows up in G&D photos from time to time.

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Note:

The
pictures in the following “greenish” rows are from magazines provided by
Keith Trinity; they were John Allen’s personal copies. Each of his
photos is marked with a small cut piece of loose-leaf paper. These 1947
issues, along with all the 1948 issues were bound in a binder. There is smoke
damage on the edges and on some of the covers, but they nevertheless yielded these
gems. In most cases, better quality pictures are available on gdlines.com
(and are indicated), but the captions add much information that was
previously not known.

Two
photos from the “Your Nabor’s Pike” feature,
showing G&D #1 under construction and the wood truss bridge standing
alone (“earlyevening.jpg” and “trussbridge1.jpg”
from the gdlines.com website). The caption says the bridge is from Southern
Pacific plans.

The
cover is a cropped and re-arranged version of the picture (same one from from the 1952 Model Railroad Handbook). Oddly, it was originally
one picture, but was cut/cropped and inverted top-to-bottom…odd.

The
other photo, from Your Nabor’s Pike, is the same as
“generator.jpg” from gdlines.com. The “generator”,
according to the caption, is on its way to Oakridge, Tennessee.

From
the January 1959 Model Railroader, a blurb about JA, who took the photos for
an article “MR Visits the Arizona, Nevada, and West Pacific” and a beautiful
trackside photo of Scalp Mountain:

Model scenery that dwarfs the
railroad it surrounds is most authentic because that is just what full-size
scenery does to prototype railroads. Here on the HO Gorre
& Daphetid RR. of John Allen, Monterey, Calif.,
just such an effect has been created by extended canyon walls all the way
down to the floor. High up on the side of the mountain, a hulking 4-10-0
leads a drag freight Out of a short tunnel onto a series of bridges built
across chasms deep enough to challenge even the most experienced bridge
engineer. Out of deference to the curve and bridges, engineers on the G&D
have to hold tight rein on their trains as they pass this point.

From
the August 1967 Model Railroader, a beautiful cover shot of the Great Divide roundhouse
and the article “45 Minutes at Eagle’s Nest”. The cover caption:

ON THE COVER... Engines are
often serviced in the open air at Great Divide on John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid RR. — the
men like this better on hot summer nights. For a less serious variety of
modeling on John’s layout turn to page 42. Incidentally, John has installed
voltage-dropping diodes in his locos so the lights can be left on without the
motors running.

From
the October 1967 Model Railroader, an FSM ad for the SignalTower
and a Trackside Photo:

The Gorre
& Daphetid is definitely not an old-time
railroad system, but the management has saved this historic holdover for fan
trips, motion picture extravaganzas, and local celebrations. Here, 192 feet
above Squawbottom Creek, the engine and three cars
are nearing Eagle’s Nest, a stop featured in the August issue but just outside
this current view. The real water in the creek isn’t always there, but it
rained yesterday, we’re told. The deck span is a pin-connected Warren truss approached
by deck girders. The log train in the lower distance is climbing a 4 percent
grade around Sims Loop. Builder John Allen
has been working on this California-located HO railroad since the early
fifties. This view, seldom seen by visitors, will soon be blocked by a high
rock cliff. Carefully planned room lighting made extra lights unnecessary for
John’s photo.

“Latest
Photos of the Gorre & Daphetid”,
from the Jun. 1957 MR, including a cover shot:

FORGIVE, if you will, an
editor’s tendency to pitch his paragraphs full of superlatives when writing
about the Gorre & Daphetid
RR. Any morning mail with a flat parcel postmarked Monterey, Calif., can mean
only that John Allen and his camera have been collaborating again, and that
inside are 8 x 10’s of a railroad. And when one such parcel includes a color
shot of action on the G&D — why it’s better than getting a 5 lb. box of
money marked “personal!” To see why I’m getting so worked up, turn to pages
36 to 39, where black and white and a full color shot are displayed for your
enjoyment.

The cover? Another view of the
G&D, of course, as a Shay pushes a log train upgrade — a chore that any
self-respecting geared loco always does with a flourish.

And as long as you’ve got the
magazine in hand, don’t overlook Lloyd Giebner’s
modern grain elevator on page 24. Now there’s a building. - - — P.E.L.

What appears to be a fire-gutted
building is really only half a fire-gutted building placed against a mirror.
Notice how the tanks and figures are duplicated. John Allen, Monterey,
Calif., built this 3.5 mm. scale structure from pine and cardboard. Roof
timbers are “charred” by running a clock gear over them, then staining a very
dark brown. A tiny bulb, dyed red, glows like embers. Smoke is painted on the
mirror.

This rail car, on John Allen’s HOn3
Devil’s Gulch & Helengon RR., is known locally
as the “Ruptured Duck.” Coach passengers ride in the center, while holders of
first-class tickets are afforded the luxury of the awning. The guard is NOT
hunting ducks — this is wild country and high-jacking and kidnaping
are still not uncommon.

Here are some photographs of a
narrow gauge car body I built from plans in the Model Railroader Cyclopedia.
The car is a Denver & Rio Grande Western gondola. It was built to On3 standards
and is the first of several that I am building for Cliff Grandt
of Oakland.

The turnbuckles, pedestals,
brake wheel, and brake cylinder were built by Cliff and sent to me. The rest
of the car was made by me. The car was shipped back to Cliff for installation
of the trucks and couplers. With the exception of wheels, axles, and
couplers, no commercial parts were used. Each piece of wood is pre-formed and
stained, thus giving a built-in "sway".

Cliff and I have an informal
arrangement whereby he does machine work, such as gearing and making small spoked drivers, for me, and I build cars for him. This
was my first attempt in a larger than 3.5 mm. scale.

So realistic is this HO engine
house that it has the birds fooled. A dozen HO gauge pigeons have been
roasting on the roof for days now. John Allen, 140 Irving St., Monterey,
Calif., began the model last November, and spent many a wintry night tacking
down the 4056 scale shingles on the roof. A newcomer to the hobby, John has
set far himself a high standard of detail, as evidenced by the photo-story of
his pike in the Jan. ‘48 MR. The broken windows and “old look” is in keeping
with the ancient equipment on his Gorre & Daphetid Lines.

Our
cover shot this month frankly comes within the concepts of Hollywood
staging. The HO scene was created by John Allen, Monterey. Calif., and he says, “It’s
probably one of the few railroads which find it easier to move its right of
way than to build up the adjacent areas.” Reason: The trackage
involved is but 13 actual inches long!

This
is “snowscene2.jpg” on the gdlines.com web site, but without the
caboose lights on!!! Why was this winter scene published in June? The
caption is as follows:

“How
the heck would a snow scene look on the Gorre &
Daphetid RR.?” wondered its brass hat, John Allen
of Monterey, Calif. So he decided to find out. Here’s
the result, which John achieved by using a flour sifter to shake a mantle of
white dry texture paint over this location on his HO pike. But John soon
sucked up the “snow” with a vacuum cleaner. After all, what else could he do
— his birds were starting to fly south!

From
the April 1947 Model Railroader. This is the same as “interesting.jpg” at gdlines.com (minus the headlight beam
and with some special cropping).

PORTABLE PANORAMA

The lumber company receiving
that loaded flat car is located on John Allen’s portable HO gauge layout, 140 Irving St., Monterey,
Calif. That rear headlight
beam emanating from the Dockside switcher was faked in photographically by
John, an expert at such trickery. The incomplete foreground trackage is no fake, though, as any engineer rash enough
to try running over it will learn upon hitting the ties.

Jim Findley (Pres. Hallmark
Models) was builder of the Detritus Products Plant at Andrews on the late
John Allen’s GORRE & DAPHETID. Those conveyor buckets were automated. In
the background is Peterson Feed Mill with just half the structure modeled,
being “glued” to the background. That battered gon,
just behind the log flats looks familiar to the Editor. Photo by Jerry Drake

Visitors to John Allen’s GORRE
& DAPHETID were treated to many “mini-scenes” and old timers will recall
this unusual bit of motive power, No 13. This monster “Bronto”
was to be found trudging along Sowbelly Creek adjacent to the bridge taking
the G-D mainline to Gorre. Jerry Drake Photo

High rise buildings at Port, Gorre & Daphetid RR, the
famous pike of the late John Allen. The most concentrated industrial area on
the RR. The passenger station with “Eagle” perched on tower is to right of
Watson House hotel named for late Watty House, one
of John’s long time friends.

An unpublished photo from the
late John Allen. Light freight rolling over Ryan Gulch trestle towards Gorre. The small village just above the abandoned wood
tunnel portal is Daphetid, end of the branchline on the G.D. Lines.

A
stand-alone picture near the back of the Oct. 1946 Model Railroader.
Compare this to “watertank.jpg” on the gdlines.com
site (page 3 of the Structures section):

A peaceful side track scene on
John Allen’s H0 gauge pike at Monterey,
Calif. The work train and crew
will be picked up by an inbound evening way freight.

Also,
a Baker Coupler Ad from the Dec. 1946 Model Railroader.

Next,
a “Nabor’s Pike” photo of G&D #2 from the
October 1954 Railroad Model Craftsman:

The last load of logs taken out
over the Gorre & Daphetid
line before the road’s abandonment. The G&D was seven years in
construction and 75% completed. The name is being retained for a brand new
G&D now being built by John Allen, noted west coast model builder.

Batch
#3 (the last) of pictures from Japanese magazine TMS (TetsudoMokeiShumi, meaning
Hobby of Model Railroading).

#1,
from May 1965, is very similar to the Sept. 1967 RMC cover (see
gdlines.com), and although the trains are the same the figures have been
moved and the picture is cropped differently.

#2,
from Nov. 1968, is a view of Robinson Cliff from deep in GiantCanyon.
The ore train is being led downgrade by one of the articulated’s,
but which one cannot be determined from the photo.

#3
and #4 are assumed from the Feb. 1973 issue, based on the hand-notation on
#3. The top picture in #3 is nearly identical to slide s0_077_fentonfindley_sep69.jpg, but notice that
the water wheel is not blurred from motion (from the apparently real water)
as in the slide. The bottom picture looks like slide s0_092_nightfenton_sep71.jpg.

#4
is a different angle of the same setup of slide s0_096_25bridge_feb72.jpg.
Note that loco #25 and the cars are the same.

#5
and #6 are from March 1973, and appears to be announcing John’s passing. #6
has an early (’57 – ’58) shot of Gorre (notice that
ScalpMt. Is still under construction) and Teaby Fire Extinguisher Co. at Daphetid
(a different angle of s0_051_teaby_mar66.jpg).

#7,
from Sept. 1982, is an early (1965) shot of Great Divide, very similar to
slide s0_038_tower_apr65.jpg. Note
that although the trolley has moved and a loco has emerged from the cutoff
tunnel, all the other cars in the yard and sidings appear to be identical to
the slide, as does the state of the incomplete structures.

Batch
#2 of pictures from Japanese magazine TMS (TetsudoMokeiShumi, meaning
Hobby of Model Railroading), as best I can tell all from the issue of
September 1974. I think these are in order, as some of them have page
numbers. Note the cropping of some of the photos, apparently to remove lights
and lighting valences from the view.

Model railroads look more like the real
thing when viewed from a low angle, for that’s the way you normally see a
life-size train. This scratch-built ore train is on John Allen’s HO gauge Gorre & Daphetid RR. at Monterey, Calif.
The farmyard, the telegraph lines, the photographic backdrop and John’s
excellent photography all add to the realism.

Also,
from the same issue, an article by John’s friend Bill McClanahan, “How to
Raise the Roof”, wherein John’s shingling technique is described.

June
1960 Model Railroader Letter to the Editor by JA, praising another
modeler’s work:

Prize-winning Shay

To the Editor:

I’ve just been studying the
photo of Ken Barnhart’s Shay on page 36, April MR, and with due consideration
and humility, I believe this is the finest piece of modeling I have ever
seen.

I’ve observed Ken’s loco a
number of times at various construction stages and as a finished model at the
NMRA convention, but it wasn’t until I could sit down quietly and study the
MR photos (the large one is about twice actual size) that I could see how
fantastically detailed and accurate to scale is this superb model.

I also know that it is
mechanically equivalent to a fine watch.

Ken is a man who believes in fine
scale wheels and flanges. These are built close to exact scale, along with
the flangeways on his railroad. Obviously he can’t
buy them anywhere, he builds them all.

A
PFM two-truck Shay leads a log train over Cooper’s Creek, on the HO Gorre & Daphetid of John
Allen, 9 Cielo Vista Terr., Monterey, Calif., and a
track maintenance crew stops work on the concrete brick arch bridge to watch.
The rugged Western terrain of the G&D requires many bridges and trestles.

Part
1 of “Fan Trip on the Gorre and Daphetid”,
form the March 1971 Railroad Model Craftsman. The cover photo caption:

John
Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid,
an HO scale empire in Monterey, Cal., has been featured a number of times in
RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN and other hobby publications, leading many to assume
that by now every spectacular square inch of it must have been reviewed. This
is happily not the case, as the RMC crew learned during a recent tour of the
line from Port to Andrews through the rugged AkinbakMountains. In fact, our trip had to be
terminated short of Cold Shoulder as track gangs are still working hard to
push the line through that region. We’ll check back on their progress at a
later date, but for now we hope you’ll join us as we review the photographic
highlights (page 28) of the first portion of our fan trip on the local behind
gas-electric 60 from Port to Akin. Ektachrome by John
Allen.

Jim
Findley’s article “Branchline Water Tank” from the
Oct. 1965 Model Railroader. This tank is based on the one at Daphetid on G&D #1. It was also used in dioramas, and
at Gorre on G&D #2, near the enginehouse. See:- number8.jpg- nicedetail.jpg- watertank.jpg- wreck.jpg- handover.jpg- earlycurve.jpg

One
of the most difficult of all photographic techniques is that of the
"panned" shot — especially if the subject being photographed is a
small model. The above portrait of Gorre & Daphetid Pacific 56 at speed is a superb example of a
properly executed pan shot. John Allen captured the speeding (75 scale mph.)
4-6-2 with a shutter speed of 1/25 second using a special camera/locomotive
synchronizing mechanism which he designed for panning photographs on the
G&D.

THE
COVERA number of photos and articles about John Allen’s famed
Gorre & Daphetid HO
layout in Monterey, Cal., have appeared from time to time.
Each time they do, letters come in from beginners in model railroading who
have just “discovered” the G&D. asking that we print more information
about this fabulous railroad. The photo on this month’s cover shows the
logging lift at Sowbelly, with a Heisler geared
locomotive getting ready to exchange a few empty log cars for loads as a Shay
passes overhead. The small steam donkey and log lift gather up the logs cut
upstream which have floated down Sowbelly Creek (the water is plastic). John
Allen photo.

Few
modelers would fail to recognize the view at the left as a part of John
Allen’s famed Gorre & Daphetid
HO scale railroad in Monterey, Cal. This photo was taken at Port on the
G&D; the Cooper Electric trolley car is entering the subway under
buildings from Railroad Avenue.
The Watson House is named for a pioneer model rail, and Bulline
Packers is jointly owned by the Alturas & Lone Pine management under WhitTowers
and the G&D (note heralds for both roads on the stock car). Though few
modelers have the time, space or ability to construct layouts like the two
shown on these pages, careful study of the photos will indicate ways to
improve a pike of any size or scale. Ektachrome by
John Allen.

Caption:Another thrilling view of John Allen’s tremendous Gorre & Daphetid Railroad,
unquestionably one of the finest model railroads in the country. Modeling of
this calibre can’t be hurried. 4 x 5 Ektachrome transparency by John Allen.

Notes:This picture is reversed, apparently so that the RMC logo fit better,
without blocking ScalpMt.

This can be
confirmed by comparing to "The Book", pages 14 and 19, where the
bridges in the background (at Robinson Cliff) can be seen.